Adrenalinn III Tips

via the Roger Linn newsletter:

"Want to stretch the capabilities of your AdrenaLinn III a little farther? Here are a few tips that you may not be aware of.

Tip #1: Transpose Arpeggiator Sequences with a MIDI keyboard
AdrenaLinn III's Arpeggiator Sequences--used by John Mayer in his hit "Bigger Than My Body"--are a wonderful tool for inspiring new ideas. However, they loop the same 2-bar note sequence regardless of what chords you play. To transpose these sequences in real time, simply connect a MIDI keyboard (or MIDI bass pedals). Press any key lower than the "E" below middle C to transpose down, or any key above it to transpose up.

Tip #2: Syncing AdrenaLinn III's effects to a human drummer
In order to sync AdrenaLinn III's rhythmic effects to a human drummer in a live situation, the best way is to send the A3's drumbeat directly into the drummer's headphones (and not into the PA) so he can play along to it. From the audience's point of view, the AdrenaLinn III's effects will appear to be magically in sync to the drummer.

However, if you ask your drummer to wear phones and play to a drum machine, he may not like you anymore. An alternate method is to make A3 play in sync to whatever the drummer is playing. To do this, turn the drums volume all the way off and reassign the left foot switch to RESTART, which resets the beat-synced effect to the beginning of the 2-bar loop instantly with each press. Then you can use the right foot switch (Tap Tempo) to tap in the drummer's tempo and use the left foot switch to occasionally resync the A3 to the start of the bar played by the drummer. Click here for more details.

Tip #3: Beat-Synced Time-Slice and Reassembly
This is a truly weird effect that produce solos you'll either love or hate. It's demonstrated in preset 184, "Mangled Notes", and works by combining Square-Wave Tremolo with Beat-Synced Delay. In this effect, Square-Wave Tremolo is used to slice away every second 1/16 note, and delay is used to fill the resulting holes with the 1/16 note slice immediately preceding each hole. Here are a few interesting variations of preset 184:

1) Set SPEED to "8t" and DELAY TIME to "8n"
2) Set SPEED to "4n" and DELAY TIME to "8n"
3) Set SPEED to "16n" and DELAY TIME to "16d"
4) Set SPEED to "4n", DELAY TIME to "8d" & DELAY REPEATS to "65" (better with chords)

Tip #4: Restore an individual preset or drumbeat to factory status
You probably know to restore all of the AdrenaLinn III's presets and drumbeats to factory status: hold both foot switches while connecting power. But did you know that you can also restore only one preset or drumbeat to factory status? To restore an individual preset, select the preset, hold the UP ARROW key for at least 1/2 second, turn the PRESET knob to the right until it shows "FAC", then briefly press UP ARROW again. To restore an individual drumbeat, select the drumbeat, hold the DOWN ARROW key for at least 1/2 second, turn the DRUMBEAT knob to the right until it shows "FAC", then briefly press DOWN ARROW again.

That's it for now. If you don't have an AdrenaLinn III, please visit our web site, www.rogerlinndesign.com to learn more, including video and audio demos. You can even buy it there with a 30 day guarantee and free shipping to the U.S. and Canada ($40 shipping everywhere else). If your local dealer doesn't carry it, please have them contact us at sales@rogerlinndesign.com. We're happy to sell to any established musical instrument or pro audio dealers."

Roland Jupiter-6 Europa Mod Samples

http://www.midiwall.com/gear/drewnjp6/JP6Bass1.mp3
http://www.midiwall.com/gear/drewnjp6/JP6Bass2.mp3

"Anyway--to recap from previous posts--there is the Europa mod (brilliant) then increasing cap values at the CV lines controlling the filters and VCAs (this reduces or kills the zippy crackling sounds) and finally bypassing the 10uF caps that are in the audio path post filter. The first two mods are well known and you should be able to find them with a Google search."

You can find the Europa mod here.

Roland D-50 Factory Patches Part II

YouTube via hvrhd1000u. via fischek

The Moog Minimoog Sawtooth-Triangular Waveform

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay

"Viewers of my Minimoog video are constantly trying to decipher what I'm talking about when I describe what at that time was a mystery waveform. It wasn't long after I posted the Minimoog video that I looked up the name of the mystery waveform in the Minimoog manual. It is the "Sawtooth-Triangular," a sort of weirdly bent Triangle wave.
This video is a portion of a bonus video which is included in my soon to be released synthesizer DVD. Be watching for details on how to order!
Thanks for watching!"

The Stowaway

YouTube via TheUmbrellaCo
"Atmel based 12 step bend sequencer with selectable sets of six. Delicious dual circle LED array, powered by 9v adapter. New Series!!"

MFB Kraftzwerk

YouTube via nirvanabeach. "MFB Kraftzwerg - Compact Modul Synthesizer"

working with Synplant

flickr by Mr. Biggs


full size

"Wilson working with Synplant on Ableton Live. He says he likes the interface better than the traditional knobs of other synths, but it's annoying that it makes unpredictable sounds. The kid knows what he wants."

NAMM: More pics on fdiskc

http://fdiskc.com/syn/ - click on NAMM Shows, Winter and go from there.

Pictured:
John Bowen Solaris Limited Edition
genoQs Octopus

NAMM: WNAMM09: Microkorg XL Demo

see the write-up on Sonic State

Tristan Perich: Active Field - LIVE Tonight

Tristan Perich: Active Field
WITH William Brittelle: Mohair Time Warp

Tonight, Active Field, Tristan Perich's first major work for ensemble with 1-bit music accompaniment, arranges ten violinists and ten audio speakers on stage in a work that investigates the fundamental relation between physical and electronic sound. Working with primitive electronic machines he creates, Tristan Perich explores the foundations of sound. Last heard live at the Whitney Museum, Active Field is a jubilant intersection of the opposite but equal domains of data and sound, treating the violin and computer, each pinnacles of their respective disciplines, as primitive machines for the creation of sound.
William Brittelle's Mohair Time Warp is a full-length, lip-synched, mixed-genre, art-music concept album featuring an 8-person, mixed rock/classical ensemble. Possible descriptions include: a punk-classical collage version of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds; a marriage of Basquiat, Prince and Debussy; and/or Captain Beefheart put through an art-pop filter with a well-dressed, wildly charismatic lip-synching frontman.

Tristan Perich and William Brittelle
Saturday, January 17, 2008, $10
7pm wine reception, 7:30pm music
Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd St (at 11th Ave), New York

Violin: Sage Cole, Monica Davis, Olivia De Prato, Kiku Enomoto, Sasha Korczynski,
Matt McBane, Elena Park, Jessica Pavone, Andie Springer, Tom Swafford

Kind Regards,
Tristan

- tristanperich.com
- 1bitmusic.com

Note the image in this post wasn't part of the announcement above. You might remember it from this post back in 2007. The first post I put up on 1-bit music was back in August of 2005, one of the first posts on MATRIXSYNTH.